Combined washing machine and wringer



Nov. 29, 1932. J. BOENING 1,889,628

COMBINED WASHING MACHINE AND WRINGER Filed Oct. 4. 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 1' 21 Josey/2 Boezzz'g,

INVENTOR ATTORNEY Nov. 29, 1932. .1. BOENING 7 1,389,628

COMBINED WASHING MACHINE AND WRINGER Filed Oct. 4, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 29, 1932 JOSEPH BOENING, F MAOKLIN, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA COMBINED WASHING MACHINE AND wnrNeEn Application filed October 4,

My present invention has reference to a combined clothes washing and wringing machine and has for its object the provision of a. machine for this purpose characterized by simplicity in construction and reliability in practical use.

To the attainment of the foregoing the invention consists in the improvement hereinafter described and definitely claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the machine, parts being broken away and parts in section.

Figure 2 is a top plan View thereof.

Figure 3 is a detail sectional view to illustrate the manner in which the top is removably fixed on the body of the machine.

Figure 4 is an approximately central trans verse sectional view through the upper por- 0 tion of the body showing the device arranged in wringing position.

Figure 5 is a sectional View approximately on the line 55 of Figure 4.

' Figure 6 is a transverse sectional view through the co-operating rollers.

Figure 7 is a detail sectional view to illustrate the hollow rollers provided with openin s.

Figure 8 is a detail enlarged sectional view 0 approximately on the line 88 of Figure 1.

The body or tub 1 of the improvement is preferably of a rectangular formation and is provided with corner legs 2 which are mounted on rollers 3. The body 1, at its sides 5 and at its ends has outstanding lugs to which there are pivoted bolts 3 and these bolts are designed to be swung through notches 4 in the flanged edges of the top or closure 5 for the body. The bolts 3 are engaged by wing nuts 6 and by this arrangement it will be noted that the top or closure can be firmly aflixed to the body to afford a water-tight joint therebetween. The top or closure 5 is provided with a continuous depending flange 7 to contact with the sides and ends of the open top of the body'l.

Fixed in the bottom of the body 1 there is a transversely arranged stop element 8 designed to contact with the side members of a substantially U-shaped frame 9. The frame 1930. Serial No. 486,485.

hasjournaled through its side members 10 rollers 11 and 12, respectively. These rollers, except at the ends thereof,-are hollow and are" of stiff rubber which may be reinforced by fabric threads. The rollers are longitudinally grooved, as at 13, and are preferably provided with circumferentially disposed longitudinally arranged series of openings or apertures 14. The shafts 15 and 16 for the respective rollers pass through elongated openings in the sides of the frame and likewise through bearing openings in guides 16' arranged upon the inner faces of the said side members. The guides have one of their ends in contact with a-presser plate 17 which is influenced by springs 19 arranged between the said plate and the top of the connectin element of the substantially U-shaped frame 9. A

' The shafts 15 and 16 have intermeshing gears 20 and 21, respectively. The gears 21 on the'shaft for the roller 12 have a less number of teeth than the gears 20, the gears 21 being preferably provided with sixteen teeth and the gears 20 being provided with seventeen teeth. Thus the roller 12 will turn more rapidly than the roller 11.

The shaft 16 passes-through bearing openings that are formed bybosses 23 on the sides of the body 1 and oneend ofthe shaft 30 has secured thereto an operating handle 24.

One side 10 of the frame 9 is provided with a lug or boss 25, and one side of the body is provided with a spring influenced latch 26 to enter the opening in the lug 25 to hold the frame 9 in the body 1 or outward thereof at a vertical position when the top or closure 5 is removed from the body.

When the rollers in the frame therefor are arranged in the body 1 the part 9 of the frame will contact with the stop element 8 and the crank handle 24 is turned in the direction of the arrow disclosed by Figure 1 of the drawings. When in this position the top or closure is secured to the body. The grooved rollers not only agitate saponaceous fluid in the body 1 but also draw the clothes therebetween so that the clothes can be cleaned in a more expeditious manner than is ordinary. After the clothes are washed the top 5 is removed and the roller carrying frame 9 is swung to the position disclosed by Figure 4 of the drawings and latched in such position. The rollers 11 and 12 now serve as wringing rollers so that water from the washed clothes will be wrung therefrom when passed therebetween. The openings 14 of the rollers permit of all the water therein flowing outwardly and back into the body 1. The apertures 14 may not be considered an absolute requirement but are desirable for the reason that the saponaceous water entering the rollers will be agitated by the rotation of the rollers and ejected therefrom onto 5 the clothes in the cleaning operation.

By reference to Figure 6 of the drawings, it will be seen that the spaces between the grooves of the rollers are broader transversely than the transverse width of the grooves and the spaces between the grooves upon one roller move opposite the grooves upon the other roller as the rollers rotate. Thus the clothes are not forced into the grooves and consequently they are not liable to be torn. Having described the invention, I claim:

A washer and wringer comprising a shaft having spaced gear wheels thereon, an inverted U-shaped frame mounted upon the shaft between the gear wheels and having 8 its legs provided with vertical grooves, an elongated roller carried by the shaft and located between the legs of the frame, yieldingly mounted pressure plates disposed in said grooves, a roller journalled in the pressure plates and terminally provided with gear Wheels in mesh with the first mentioned gear wheels, said rollers having spaced longitudinally extending peripheral grooves, the spaces between which are of greater width than the width of said grooves, the grooves in each roller being directly opposite those portions of the face of the other roller comprehended between its grooves, and means for rotating the first said gear wheels.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JOSEPH BOENING. 

